Please just let me make jokes.

All through this article producers and directors are trying to get her to go pop instead of hip-hop, and when she finally does try to do hip-hop everyone holds it against her that she is white.

Nobody is crying any tears for this poor, beleaguered white girl who was handed a music career based on her whiteness, while a few people tried to steer her away from the cultural appropriation she so needed to commit. Fuck her.

Dominque and Diggy are the greek chorus of the show and I love them. I find Wells really funny, and he gave Kristina excellent advice- “Why are you spending so much time fighting for someone who isn’t fighting for you?”

Yes or Kenny!

We all know the reality there, Eric is too black to be the Bachelor after Rachel.

YES! She is hilarious and so gorgeous.

Raven is the worst, and I totally don’t get her appeal. Friendship 101: Sometimes your friend just wants an, “I’m sorry you’re hurting,” and a hug. You can save your opinions and advice for the next day once it isn’t so raw with your friend. Sure she had a point that you can’t put it on Danielle, but she lost me when…

Raven has set herself up as the Regina George of BIP and I can’t stand her or her nonexistent lips.

Raven wasn’t supportive at all. Her main concern in that conversation seemed to be D-Lo’s feelings and not Kristina’s broken heart, so I can see why Kristina was pissed.

Wells is a BIG TIME favorite in my viewing party circle. We love him. Hoping that making him the bartender this season was their way of keeping him visible but also not totally blowing it with some fake shit like they did with Nick last year.

Did anyone else think it was weird last night how Raven was “being a good friend” to Kristina last night by telling her Dean “just wasn’t that into” her? Like, I’m not sure it was that obvious when every conversation we saw between Kristina and Dean was him being apologetic and not really ever telling her clearly that…

Yeahhh anyone who’s kept up with Bachelor in Paradise could have known that. He definitely ruined his shot as Bachelor-nation Sweetheart.

I read or heard somewhere this weekend, and I wish I could remember where it was, that during times like these, everyone should be keeping a journal and just writing down the way things are- so that as our country slips into totalitarianism, and democracy is lost, we can remember what life was like. That is to say…

If it makes you feel any better my bonus dad is starting to seriously regret his decision and I’ve gotten him to come around on BLM and my best friend’s fiance has him reading Race Consciousness by Gary Peller.

When there is a possible lack of consent-sexual assault/rape situation and one person says they feel they’re the victim, it’s imperative they clarify whether they are saying they are the victim of rape (the assumption) or a victim of the producer’s handling of the situation.

I didn’t take that away at all - I felt they defended DeMario more vociferously because the press release claiming her victim-hood may have unintentionally victimized him.

This is a solid write up of a perplexing episode. I love BiP because of its self-aware dumbness, and last night’s episode had to step away from that and become self-aware in a way that I was hoping would maybe embrace a real conversation on the issues of race and media propaganda. Unfortunately, all the big issues…

The shock at anyone liking any type of music is so dumb. It’s music.